Synophis bicolor

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Synophis bicolor

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Synophis
Species:	S. bicolor
Binomial name
*Synophis bicolor* Peracca, 1896

Synophis bicolor, known commonly as the bicolored shadow snake or the two-colored fishing snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America.

Geographic range

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S. bicolor is found in Colombia and Ecuador.^[2]

Habitat

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The preferred habitats of S. bicolor are lowland rainforest and Andean cloud forest; in both it is found in leaf litter and in bushes.^[2]

Behavior

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S. bicolor is nocturnal, terrestrial, and semiarboreal.^[2]

Description

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Dorsally, S. bicolor is uniformly brown, lighter on the sides. Ventrally, it is yellowish white. The upper lip is also yellowish white. The dorsal scales are keeled, in 19 rows at midbody, and without apical pits.^[3]

Diet

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The diet of S. bicolor is unknown.^[4] Even though one of its common names alludes to fishing, there is no evidence that this species eats fish.^[5]

Reproduction

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S. bicolor is oviparous. Clutch size varies from two to eight eggs.^[2]

References

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^ Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Arredondo, J.C. (2020). "Synophis bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44581847A44581852. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Species Synophis bicolor at The Reptile Database
^ Peracca (1896).
^ Pryon, R. Alexander; Guayasamin, Juan M.; Peñafiel, Nicolás; Bustamante, Lucas; Arteaga, Alejandro (2015). "Systematics of Nothopsini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with a new species of Synophis from the Pacific Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador". ZooKeys 541: 109-147. (Synophis bicolor, p. 127).
^ Pryon, R. Alexander; Arteaga, Alejandro; Echevarría, Lourdes Y.; Torres-Carvajal, Omar (2016). "A revision and key for the tribe Diaphorolepidini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and checklist for the genus Synophis ". Zootaxa 4171 (2): 293-320.

Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Synophis bicolor, p. 111).
Peracca MG (1896). "Nuovo genero di Colubride aglifo dell'America meridionale ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia della R[egia]. Università di Torino 11 (266): 1–2. (Synophis bicolor, new species, pp. 1–2). (in Italian).

Taxon identifiers
Synophis bicolor	Wikidata: Q3508879 Wikispecies: Synophis bicolor CoL: 53YC4 EoL: 790497 GBIF: 2453811 iNaturalist: 28549 IRMNG: 10782587 ITIS: 701283 IUCN: 44581847 NCBI: 1212735 Observation.org: 103630 Open Tree of Life: 4122077 RD: bicolor

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